Hiroshi Mikitani
Founder, Chairman, President & CEO
Howdy, everybody. Thanks very a lot for taking the outing of your busy schedules to hitch us as we speak. I shall be explaining the outcomes of Rakuten Group for the fourth quarter and financial 12 months of 2025.
Right here is as we speak’s agenda. First, I’ll clarify the enterprise efficiency. Then our CFO, Hirose, will clarify the monetary outcomes, adopted by our Chief AI and Knowledge Officer, Ting, who will present an replace relating to our AI initiatives.
First, I’ll present a abstract of the efficiency and KPIs of fiscal 12 months 2025. Initially, as we introduced on the finish of final 12 months, Rakuten Cell’s complete variety of subscribers surpassed our goal of 10 million subscribers. I want to as soon as once more categorical my gratitude to not solely our customers, but additionally our associate corporations and everybody who has supported us. On the similar time, Rakuten Cell additionally achieved full 12 months profitability on the EBITDA stage of JPY 12.9 billion, a major year-on-year enchancment of JPY 66.7 billion.
Subsequent, I want to report on our consolidated monetary outcomes for fiscal 12 months 2025. Consolidated income elevated 9.5% year-on-year to JPY 2.5 trillion, marking the twenty ninth consecutive 12 months of income progress. Particularly, the FinTech phase contributed considerably to this progress, which was up 19% year-on-year. Consolidated non-GAAP working earnings elevated considerably by JPY 99.2 billion year-on-year to JPY 106.3 billion, due to the numerous contributions of the FinTech phase and improved losses within the Cell phase.
